Light coral

#df8386

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light coral, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light coral is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #df8386, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df8386

RGB223, 131, 134

HSL358, 59%, 69%

HSV358, 41%, 87%

CMYK0%, 41%, 40%, 13%

Lab64.68, 35.65, 13.78

XYZ42.85, 33.64, 26.79

Decimal14648198

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#d8696d #d25054 #cb363b #b32e32 #99272b #7f2124 #651a1d #4c1415 #320d0e #180607

Tints of light coral

#e28e91 #e5999b #e8a4a6 #eaafb1 #edbabc #f0c5c6 #f3d0d1 #f6dbdc #f9e6e6 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#83dfdc Analogous#df83b4 Analogous#dfae83 Triadic#86df83 Triadic#8386df Split complementary#83dfae Split complementary#83b4df

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 40, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df8386 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 40 13

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 41 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #df8386 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df8386; }
.text { color: #df8386; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df8386; }

How light coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #df8386 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df8386 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #df8386 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light coral? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #df8386 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #df8386 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.